Hotel Booking on the internet - innit easy ? er not always some (the cheapest agency) have cancellation pages. Some don't and don't answer e-mails - guess you just book again and lapse the original.

Surat Thani is definitely not a tourist trap but as a Folkie that is just fine - people and what the common man does are just as interesting for 12 hours.

Someone suggested a floorshow with Ladyboys was not to be missed. Well that is a bit of culture I can miss quite happily - even once.
I prefer real men - like Morris - and I don't pay to see them!